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Tinanam0102 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Correct and common word order

Hi teachers,

Are each group of the sentences parallel?

1. Can I finally have dinner at home with my wife? (original)

2. Can I have dinner with my wife at home finally?

3. Can I have dinner at home with my wife finally?



1. I wanted to talk to you about what happened the other day with the kids. (original)

2. I wanted to talk to you about what happened with the kids the other day.

3. I wanted to talk about what happened with the kids to you the other day.



Rapidly:

I have rapidly reached the end of my patience. (could rapidly be placed at the end of the sentence.

Thank you.

Tinanam





  

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I don't think "parallel" is the right word. Maybe "equivalent". In the first group, they are all acceptable, though the first seems the best to my ear.

— CalifJim

  • I don't think "parallel" is the right word.
  • Maybe "equivalent".
  • In the first group, they are all acceptable, though the first seems the best to my ear.
  • In the second group, the first two are fine, but the third is not.
  • "talk to you" should be kept together as a unit.
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I don't think "parallel" is the right word. Maybe "equivalent".

In the first group, they are all acceptable, though the first seems the best to my ear.

In the second group, the first two are fine, but the third is not. "talk to you" should be kept together as a unit. Otherwise you risk saying "happened to you".

rapidly can be placed at the end of that sentence
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Dear CJ,

In the accident she was thrown violently against the door. Would "violently" be placed between was and thrown grammatically acceptable?

Thanks

TN
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tinanam0102Would "violently", if be placed between was and thrown, be grammatically acceptable?
Yes. That would be OK.

CJ

See post 258349.
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